The Mad House (Reading) LimitedDissolved
Registered name: THE MAD HOUSE (READING) LIMITED
The Mad House (Reading) Limited made £449k revenue and a £76.5k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2023.
The Mad House (Reading) Limited’s revenue fell 29% to £449k in the year to 31 Oct 2023, with a loss of £76.5k and 10 employees. We hold 2 years of its filed accounts. It is no longer on the Companies House register.
- Status
- Dissolved
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £637k | £449k |
| Cost of sales | £320k | £317k |
| Gross profit | £317k | £132k |
| Operating profit | £68.9k | −£59.8k |
| Profit before tax | £51.2k | −£76.5k |
| Profit after tax | £41.5k | −£76.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £41.5k | −£76.5k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | −17% |
| Gross margin | 49.8% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.7k | £44.9k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | −£7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼284.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £46.1k | £13.3k |
| Net assets | −£195k | −£280k |
| Fixed assets | £77.9k | £64.3k |
| Current assets | £129k | £34.9k |
| Debtors | £77.9k | £16.8k |
| Deferred income | £73.8k | £76.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£280k
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £13.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £76.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £64.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2023 (profit −£76.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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